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***************** A NOTE FROM RANDAL The day has finally arrived. I have the new website up. I have made lots of changes during the time the last issue went out and now. I have more work to do, but I wanted to get it up before this issue rolled out. Please take a minute to look at our new site. The address is http://www.thefrugallife.com

Soon all the herb testimonies for people and pets will be located on the new site. I am having to make this change because the FDA and FTC won't allow testimonies that mention disease names on a site that sells the products. The Frugal Life won't sell any products so I can easily have the testimonies located there. Remember, I can't have an actual link from the new site to The Herbs Place. I can have a text reminder but no link. Also, I want to ask you to consider signing a petition to Stop Porn Spam. I hate SPAM but the porn I really detest. SPAM costs the internet industry lots of money and it takes lots of time for me to get off of my system. By the way, I have signed their petitions on various subjects and not had any problems.

****** Please join the 28,228 who are taking a stand against the proliferation of Internet pornography. Click here to sign this petition to protect your families and your children. http://www.grassfire.net/16/petition.asp?PID=2102543&P=1&storeid=1

Grassfire.net has launched a NATIONAL CAMPAIGN designed to rally 100,000 citizens to stand united against Internet Porn in the next 90 days. After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down The Child Pornography Protection Act, it became clear to us that our government lacks the courage to fight Internet porn.

****** Once again, it has been my pleasure putting together this latest edition. I hope you will monitor the new success stories as I begin to get them posted on the new site. I have held off for some time not putting any testimonies up that mentioned disease names. Now I have an outlet that will allow them to be posted without any problems. That's exciting to me! Thanks so much for your continued support and encouragement. Until next time, Randal

***************** HERB/VITAMIN NEWS VITAMIN C & E MAY HELP HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antioxidant vitamins C and E might help slow artery disease in patients who have recently had a heart transplant, results of a small study suggest.

Coronary arteriosclerosis, the hardening and narrowing of heart arteries, commonly develops in the few years after a heart transplant. As methods of preventing organ rejection have improved, the longer-range complication of arteriosclerosis in these patients has taken on more importance, according to the authors of the new study.

In their study of 40 heart transplant patients, daily treatment with vitamins C and E helped to minimize the growth of artery-clogging plaque over one year. Researchers led by Dr. James C. Fang of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, report the findings in the March 30th issue of The Lancet.

The study patients were also on cholesterol-lowering statin medication, but the vitamins inhibited plaque growth "over and above" the effects of statin therapy, Fang's team reports. Patients who took cholesterol drugs and the vitamins showed only slight thickening in their artery walls, while those on cholesterol medication alone had more substantial thickening.

Antioxidants like vitamins C and E help neutralize the effects of damaging forms of oxygen known as reactive oxygen species, and some research has suggested antioxidants are protective against heart disease and cancer. According to Fang and his colleagues, their results support the idea that oxidative stress contributes to arteriosclerosis after heart transplantation. Moreover, the results suggest "a potentially useful therapy," the researchers write.

Larger trials are needed to confirm these results and to see whether the benefits of vitamins C and E in transplant patients persist over several years, they add.

************ HEALTH NEWS BODY CAN'T HANDLE DIETARY FAT IN VOLUME THROWN AT IT Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have uncovered what could be a key clue in tracing the connection between high-fat diets and increased colon-cancer risk.

Their findings, published in today's edition of Science, reveal that the body's natural mechanisms aren't built to handle lithocholic acid, a toxic byproduct of dietary fat, in the volume generated by high-fat diets. Read More...http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0517025.htm

HEALTH RELATED TIPS WHEN SHOULD I TAKE "FRIENDLY BACTERIA"? When should I take "friendly bacteria"? I have seen mixed responses on if it should be with a meal or not. Personally, I subscribe to the 30 minutes before a meal philosophy. Friendly bacteria is a bacteria. Many foods today have antibiotics in them. Antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria and they aren't selective be it good bacteria or bad. For this reason, I think it better to take the bacteria products 30 minutes before or an hour after eating.

When you are taking bacterial products it's best to not take any herbs or nutrients either. Many times herbs or nutrients may actually have some antimicrobial and/or antibacterial effects or there may be some of those kinds of products in the base of the product you are consuming. For example, Golden Seal is considered a natural antibiotic. This herb is often found in many herbal combinations. Because Golden Seal and other Immune System herbs are included in most of the other combinations its easiest to take your bacterial products separate from food, drink, medicine or nutritional products.

****************** FEATURED WEB SITES HERBAL IMAGES Have you ever wondered what medicinal plants look like growing in their natural state? We have assembled a gallery of some of the more well-known and frequently asked-about herbs. http://www.herbs.org/gallery.htm

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